Five die in farm truck crash

GIA LAI (VNS) — Five people were killed and nine seriously injured when a farm truck collided with a container truck in the central highlands province of Gia Lai on Saturday.

At 9pm, a small farm truck carrying 14 people was suddenly hit from behind by a container truck on Highway 14 in Ia Khuoi Commune. Five people on the farm truck died immediately and nine were transferred to a hospital. After the crash, the container truck driver drove for two more kilometres, then jumped out and ran away. — VNS